CFP: Masculinities - A Journal of Identity and Culture

It's been almost 20 years now since R.W. Connell published her groundbreaking and inspiring work, Masculinities, and masculinity studies has become a major field of study, a conceptual domain ready to come out of the closet, and a central critical point of reference in gender, identity, power and trans-anything discussions. The debate over the public visibility and hierarchy of gendered identities has manifested itself as a complicated conflict area more strongly than ever. It has often been reassured that it is of utmost importance to define and redefine the scope of masculinity studies, to establish its basic methodology, and maintain a balance between the ambiguity of interdisciplinary studies and objectivity of a scientific field. We have been working on a peer reviewed online journal that will be published biannually in English and that will serve to provide an independent forum for issues of gender, identity and culture, with a particular emphasis on masculinity studies. Masculinities offers a joint ground for the interdisciplinary and pioneering research in the field of gender and masculinity, necessarily outreaching into arts, literature, history, sociology, philosophy, communications, linguistics, and medicine so as to enable researchers to share their work, discuss prospective projects, learn from each other, and inspire young scholars. We invite scholarly and critical contributions, including articles, book and film reviews, reviews of the published articles as well as announcements of forthcoming events, conference reports, and information on other matters of interest to gender studies and/or masculinity studies for the inaugural issue to be published in June 2013. The contributions to the journal should be sent to the email address given below as of April 15, 2013 and they may be related (but not limited) to the topics listed below. You can visit our website for the submission guidelines and further details and you can join our email group that provides updates and recent news as well as announcements and call for papers for the symposiums and journals on masculinity and gender studies.

Murat Goc, PhD

Sexism and masculinity

Morality and masculinity Ideology and masculinity Philosophy and masculinity Medicine and masculinity Aesthetics and masculinity Disability and masculinity Fatherhood and masculinity Buddy relations and masculinity Orientalism and masculinity Occidentalism and masculinity Fashion and masculinity Music and masculinity Alcohol and masculinity Masculinity in travel literature Professional life and masculinity Football and masculinity Spatial perception and masculinity Sports and masculinity Gastronomy and masculinity Racism and masculinity Theology and masculinity Rituals and masculinity Ethics and masculinity Detective fiction and masculinity Science fiction and masculinity Fantastic fiction and masculinity Historical fiction and masculinity Mass media and masculinity Film studies and masculinity Television and masculinity Law and masculinity Bureaucracy and masculinity Technology and masculinity Politics and masculinity Crime and masculinity Cyberculture and masculinity Violence and masculinity Mythology and masculinity Evil and masculinity Mobility and masculinity Service industry and masculinity Internet and masculinity Pornography and masculinity Eroticism and masculinity Beauty and masculinity Ugliness and masculinity Perversion and masculinity Transgression and masculinity Performance arts and masculinity Dance and masculinity Legends and masculinity Body and masculinity Oral literature and masculinity Death and masculinity Sexuality and masculinity Aging and masculinity Melancholia and masculinity Worshiping and masculinity Queer theory and masculinity Feminism and masculinity History and masculinity Power and masculinity Homosexuality and masculinity Cultural topography and masculinity Engineering and masculinity Food culture and masculinity Publishing and masculinity Sea and masculinity Monstrosity and masculinity Scapegoats and masculinity Military and masculinity War and masculinity Martial arts and masculinity Transgender and masculinity Childcare and masculinity Humor and masculinity Comic books and masculinity Anime culture and masculinity Graphic arts and masculinity Photography and masculinity Gaze and masculinity Make-up and masculinity AIDS and masculinity Hair and masculinity Animals and masculinity Fame and masculinity Honor and masculinity Adventure and masculinity Design and masculinity Cyberculture and masculinity Information Technologies and masculinity Performativity and masculinity Grotesque and masculinity Reason and masculinity Emotions and masculinity Homophobia and masculinity